Title,Contract Number,Agency,Branch,Program,Year,Phase,Award Amount,SBC,Street,Street 2,City,State,ZIP,Woman-Owned?,Minority-Owned?,HUBZone-Owned?,Contact Name,Contact Title,Contact Phone,Contact Email,Principal Investigator,PI Title,PI Phone,PI Email,Abstract
INTERACTIVE COMPUTER INFORMATION TRAIL GUIDES FOR ACCESSIBILITY,,ED,ED,SBIR,1995,2,281141.00,BENEFICIAL DESIGNS INC,2240 MERIDIAN BLVD STE C,,Minden,NV,89423-8628,No,No,Yes,,,,,Peter Exelson Msme,Director-research/development,0,,"PLACES THAT OFFER OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL XPERIENCES RARELY PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY OF HIKING TRAILS. WITHOUT ACCESS RELATED INFORMATION, PERSONS, WITH DISABILITIES ARE FACED WITH SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CHOOSE AND ENJOY TRAILS WITH APPROPRIATE CHALLENGE LEVELS. IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES, THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A USER-FRIENDLY, COMPUTERIZED TRAIL GUIDE INFORMATION SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE COMPRISED OF TWO MAIN COMPONENTS: 1) AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER INFORMATION TRAIL GUIDE THAT WILL PROVIDE VIDEO IMAGES AND ACCESS DATA FOR SPECIFIC TRAILS, AND 2) A SMART TRAILS SELECTOR PROGRAM THAT WILL SELECT TRAILS MEETING THE DESIRED SPECIFICATIONS ENTERED BY THE USER. THE COMPONENTS WILL INCORPORTE UNIVERSAL ACCESS INFORMATION THAT WILL BE USEFUL TO PERSONS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES. BOTH COMPONENTS WILL BE TESTED FOR ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY AND WILL BE EVALUATED BY PERSONS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES IN A PILOT STUDY AT YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. QUESTIONNAIRE AND INTERVIEW RESPONSS WILL BE ANALYZED TO IDENTIFY STRONG AND WEAK ASPECTS OF THE SYSTEM. THE PRIMARY LONG TERM GOAL IS TO PRODUCE A TRAIL INFORMATION SYSTEM SYSTEM THAT WILL INCORPORATE EXTENSIVE TRAIL DATA FOR ANY PARK OR FOREST AREA AND PROVIDE VALUABLE ACCESS INFORMATION FOR ALL VISITORS."
Real-Time Weather Visualization for TMD Asset Survivability,,DOD,MDA,SBIR,1995,1,59895.00,BEVILACQUA RESEARCH CORP.,4901 Corporate Drive,Suite B,Huntsville,AL,35805,Yes,Yes,Yes,,,,,A.t. Bevilacqua,,2058826229,,N/A
Cancer Prevention Messages for Broadcast on Black Radio,"1 R43 CA62807-01A1,",HHS,HHS,SBIR,1995,1,100000.00,"BIOTECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.",227 SANDY SPRINGS PLACE,SUITE 103D-190,ATLANTA,GA,30328-,No,No,Yes,,,,,Mary Harris,,71420,,We will research and develop a prototype for health care radio vignettes targeted specifically to Aadults. The prototype will be used as a model for the subsequent development of targeted health carebe packaged and sold as commercial media products for syndicated broadcast on radio stations throughthat target African-Americans. Broadcast of the prototype vignettes will pilot regular commercial brcare information on these radio stations. BioTechnical Communications will create a coordinated dissto control the broadcast times of the vignettes through the purchase of specific broadcast time-slotRadio Networks which syndicates 300 of the 429 African-American radio stations throughout the Unitedextensive research and technical consultation used to produce the vignettes in combination with thetargeted broadcasting system will provide an innovative means of disseminating health care informatiAmerican population. This project can potentially generate substantial revenue for BioTechnical Commthe sale of corporate sponsorship and advertising to support the production and broadcast of the vig
Model Checking for Biomedical Data,"1 R43 CA64113-01A1,",HHS,HHS,SBIR,1995,1,100000.00,CYTEL SOFTWARE CORPORATION,CYTEL SOFTWARE CORPORATION,675 MASSACHUSETTS AVE,CAMBRIDGE,MA,02139,No,No,Yes,,,,,Cyrus Mehta,,61761,,"We will develop commercial software which implements graphical and numerical methods for checking tadequacy of a variety of regression models frequently used in biomedical studies. In Phase I of theconcentrate on three popular models: the Cox proportional hazards model, the logistic regression modeffects model for longitudinal data. The model checking techniques considered here include the objecprocedures recently developed by L.J. Wei and his colleagues. In Phase II of the project, we will decommercial package. The package will consist of all the important model checking techniques in the lmodels as well as other regression models like the parametric survival model, the generalized linearextension to correlated data, and models for polytomous responses. This software will be incorporatepackage developed by Cytel Software Corporation. Both the Phase I and Phase II software will be avaiin three ways: as external procedures connected to the SAS system, as external functions in S-plus,software utility under Microsoft Windows-95."
Intelligent interface for Mission Rehearsal,,DOD,NAVY,SBIR,1995,1,75479.00,"Gnosys, Inc.",198 Broadway,,Providence,RI,02903,No,No,Yes,,,,,James Panagos,,6179248342,,"Approaches to Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) as they stand today cannot support the Navy's need for shore-based or deployed mission rehearsal. An advanced intelligent interface to extend the DIS Semi-Automated Forces (SAF) model is proposed that will be capable of supporting networked, high fidelity multi-platform aviation simulation. Unlike SAF, this interface will focus on the unique mission-based needs of naval aviation aircrews. It will minimize risk by employing tried technologies and predeveloped software components"
A SORTING SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF RECYCLED PET PLASTIC RESINS,,EPA,EPA,SBIR,1995,1,64986.00,National Recovery Technologies LLC,1508 Elm Hill Pike,Suite 102,Nashville,TN,37210-3636,No,No,Yes,"Dr. Edward J. Sommer, Jr.",,6157346400,,"Dr.Edward J. Sommer, Jr.",,0,,N/A
Use of Computer Robotics to Reduce Human Contact with the Waste Stream and Lower the Costs for Recyclable Materials,DE-FG02-95ER82037,DOE,DOE,SBIR,1995,1,74989.00,National Recovery Technologies LLC,1508 Elm Hill Pike,Suite 102,Nashville,TN,37210-3636,No,No,Yes,"Dr. Edward J. Sommer, Jr.",,6157346400,,Charles E. Roos,,0,,N/A
Application of Raman Spectroscopy to Identification and Sorting of Post-Consumer Plastics for Recycling,DE-FG02-95ER82038,DOE,DOE,SBIR,1995,1,74994.00,National Recovery Technologies LLC,1508 Elm Hill Pike,Suite 102,Nashville,TN,37210-3636,No,No,Yes,Dr. Charles E. Roos,,6157346400,,"Edward J. Sommer, Jr",,0,,N/A
Shared Apeture Concepts For Point to Point Communications.,,DOD,NAVY,SBIR,1995,1,69603.00,PRINCETON MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY INC,5 NAMI LANE,,MERCERVILLE,NJ,08619-,Yes,Yes,Yes,,,,,Mr. Sarjit Singh Bharj,,6095868140,,"The purpose of the antenna array is to serve radar, electronic support measure and electronics, electronic warfare and communications functions. Implicit in the multisystem function array is the need to operate many of these systems simultaneously. Additionally the array should be capable of controlling fundamental radiation characteristics such as beamwidth, beam size, sidelobe levels and radiated power, in order to realize the different antenna characteristics required by the various systems. It is also intended to have a self healing capability to retain a degree of usefulness in the event of battle damage or component failures. In order to achieve the above objectives Princeton Microwave Technology Inc. proposes to explore an active array during Phase 1 of the SBIR. The array aperture consists of a large number of radiating elements that are spaced approximately half a wave-length at the upper end of the operational frequency band. The frequency response and excitation of each element in the aperture can be independently controlled. This enables the antenna to reconfigure around damaged areas or to vary the array illumination. The aperture can be fully utilized at the lowest frequency or can be shared among functions operating at higher frequencies."
A System for Efficient and Cost Effective Production of Reliable Welded Panels of Beta Titanium Alloys,,DOD,USAF,SBIR,1995,1,76523.00,"RESEARCH APPLICATIONS, INC.",11772 Sorrento Valley Road,Suite 260,San Diego,CA,92121,No,Yes,Yes,,,,,Dr. Jalees Ahmad,,5134385005,,"The overall goal is to develop and market a high technology, dual-use product in the form of a system for efficient and cost effective production of reliable welded panels of the most promising of the existing titanium alloys. The system, called SWET, will have at its core an expert software system, called SWETEX. The systems will help produce optimum quality welds for military and commercial aerospace and aircraft structural applications and automotive applications requiring 1.0 to 3.0 millimeter thick, large welded panels of advanced titanium alloys. The achievement of the overall goal will require innovative research and development to resolve certain key technical issues. In Phase I, the R&D effort will address the following key issues: (a) Toughness in the weld region and load carrying capacity (strength) of welded panels, and (b) The effect of post-weld heat treatment on weld region flow and toughness of laser welded panels. A combined experimental and computational modeling approach is proposed. The work scope includes laser welding, heat treatments, thermoplastic finite element analyses, fracture mechanics testing and analyses, and microscopy. The Phase I deliverable will provide the technical basis for further development of SWETEX in Phase II."
A Methodology for Characterizing Intermetallic and Metal Matrix Composites for Practical Dual Use Applications,,DOD,USAF,SBIR,1995,1,79094.00,"RESEARCH APPLICATIONS, INC.",11772 Sorrento Valley Road,Suite 260,San Diego,CA,92121,No,Yes,Yes,,,,,"Jalees Ahmad, Phd",,5134385005,,N/A
Simulated Annealing Fitting of Chemical Analysis Data,,DOD,USAF,SBIR,1995,1,80000.00,"SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INC.",1570 PACHECO ST STE E11,,Santa Fe,NM,87505-3993,No,No,Yes,,,,,"Mark E Paige, Phd",,5059841322,,"New methods for the fitting of experimental analytical chemical data are required for quantitative mixture analysis. Frequently, the measured properties of a multi-component system are very convoluted and identification of the systems components from the pure component measurements is non-trivial. Many current chemometric methods of data fitting are not robust enough to handle complex data. Problems with these methods include susceptibility to local minima trapping, not being applicable to nonlinear systems, and inability to constrain the produced results to a realistic range and not being able to handle data that falls outside the domain of previous data. Thus, the global best fit for the system if often not found. The proposed research overcomes all these problems through the use of a global search technique known as simulated annealing. This technique has found wide use in optimization problems in many other fields but has seldomly been applied to data fitting problems."
A NEAR-INFRARED DIODE LASER-BASED CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS MONITOR FOR NITROGEN OXIDES,,EPA,EPA,SBIR,1995,1,65000.00,"SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INC.",1570 PACHECO ST STE E11,,Santa Fe,NM,87505-3993,No,No,Yes,Dr. Alan C. Stanton,,5059841322,,Dr. Alan C. Stanton,,0,,"This project addresses the development of diode-laser-based continuous-emissionsmonitors (CEMs) to meet the emissions monitoring requirements imposed on a widerange of industries by Federal and state clean air regulations. The overridingobjective is the development of new, highly reliably instrumentation that hassubstantially lower long term operating and maintenance costs than existinginstruments used in CEM applications. The instrument approach to be developedand tested in Phase I and Phase II will be readily extended to measurement ofadditional gases, such as carbon monoxide and methane. Detection limits for allgases will be 1 part per million or better in a measurement period of less than30 seconds.The Phase I/Phase II program will culminate in field testing of a prototype CEM.Key technical issues to be resolved during the program include: 1) optimizingsensitivity for detection of NO using a near-infrared diode laser, 2) decidingthe feasibility of using a single diode laser to detect both NO2 and O2, and3) verifying the effectiveness of their proposed low-cost, fully automated, self-calibration method."
DIODE LASER ABSOLUTE MOISTURE SENSOR,,DOC,DOC,SBIR,1995,2,200000.00,"SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INC.",1570 PACHECO ST STE E11,,Santa Fe,NM,87505-3993,No,No,Yes,,,,,Joel A Silver,,5059841322,,"SOUTHWEST SCIENCES PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIODE LASER-BASED MOISTURE SENSOR. THE INSTRUMENT DYNAMIC RANGE WILL SPAN WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIOS OF 100 PPM TO BETTER THAN 10 PPB. THE PLANNED INSTRUMENT DETECTS ABSOLUTE WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS USING OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY WITH A CUSTOM-FABRICATED INGAASP DIODE LASER OPERATING AT 1393 NM. OPTICAL ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENTS ARE MADE USING HIGH FREQUENCY WAVELENGTHMODULATION SPECTROSCOPY (WMS) WHICH, WE ANTICIPATE, WILL BE CAPABLE OF MINIMUM DETECTABLE ABSORBANCES BELOW 1 X 10(-5), PROVIDING A SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATION OF FOUR FOR THE LOWEST WATER CONCENTRATIONS. DUE TO THE HIGH SENSITIVITY FOR WATER DETECTION, GREAT CARE WILL BE TAKEN TO ELIMINATE UNWANTED ABSORBANCE DUE TO WATER VAPOR OUTSIDE OF THE ACTUAL MEASUREMENT PATH. THE PHASE 1 EXPERIMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE DIODE LASER-BASED SYSTEM FOR DETECTING WATER VAPOR ACCURATELY AND RAPIDLY OVER A DYNAMIC RANGE APPROACHING 10(4). THE PHASE 2 PROGRAM WILL CULMINATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FULLY AUTOMATED MOISTURE SENSOR CAPABLE OF IN-LINE OPERATION IN GAS PROCESSING ENVIRONMENTS."
Advanced Laser Diagnostics for Quantitative Species Measurements in Turbulent Combustion,,DOD,USAF,SBIR,1995,1,80000.00,"SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INC.",1570 PACHECO ST STE E11,,Santa Fe,NM,87505-3993,No,No,Yes,,,,,Dr Daniel J. Kane,,5059841322,,N/A
Improved Different Absorption LIDAR System for Measurement of Atmospheric Water Vapor and Temperature,9461435,NSF,NSF,SBIR,1995,1,65000.00,"SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INC.",1570 PACHECO ST STE E11,,Santa Fe,NM,87505-3993,No,No,Yes,,,,,David Hovde,,0,,N/A
A Real Time Combustion Sensor for Hybrid Electric Vehicles,DE-FG03-95ER82072,DOE,DOE,SBIR,1995,1,75000.00,"SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INC.",1570 PACHECO ST STE E11,,Santa Fe,NM,87505-3993,No,No,Yes,Dr. Alan C. Stanton,,5059841322,,Daniel B. Oh,,0,,N/A
A Compact Airborne Hygrometer For Commercial/Research Aircraft,08.05-1322,NASA,NASA,SBIR,1995,1,70000.00,"SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INC.",1570 PACHECO ST STE E11,,Santa Fe,NM,87505-3993,No,No,Yes,Alan C. Stanton,President,5059841322,,Joel A. Silver,Principal Research Scientist,0,,N/A
Diode Laser Based Sensors for Environmental Monitoring,,DOD,USAF,SBIR,1995,1,79081.00,"SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INC.",1570 PACHECO ST STE E11,,Santa Fe,NM,87505-3993,No,No,Yes,,,,,Dr. Alan C. Stanton,,5059841322,,N/A
Advanced CHFET with GaN Insulator,,DOD,USAF,SBIR,1995,1,80000.00,"TLC Precision Wafer Technology, Inc.","1411 West River Road, North",,Minneapolis,MN,55411-3436,No,Yes,Yes,,,,,Timothy T. Childs,,6123412795,,"TLC Precision Wafer Technology, Inc. (TLC) has a very aggressive plan for becoming a leading manufacturer and supplier of epitaxial GaAs and InP-based wafers for military and commercial applications. Key to our strategy is to identify, develop, and be the first at market with those advanced semiconductor materials that offer clear cost and performance advantages for high speed/low power applications. We strongly believe that the complementary GaAs heterostructure field effect transistor (CHFET) technology is such a materials system. Even though recent progress has been made toward LSI circuit levels, materials/device issues must be further optimized to realize the full potential of this technology. The key issues to optimize are (i) threshold voltage control for both the n- and p-channel FETs, (ii) increased p-channel FET transconductance and, (iii) reduced gate leakage of the FETs. Of the three issues stated above, only the gate leakage issue can not be optimized with the current structure. The ""insulating"" Al(sub0.75)Ga(sub0.25)As layer can not be made any more resistive under the current growth conditions. TLC has detailed plans for modifying the standard CHFET structure by replacing the Al(sub0.75)Ga(sub0.25)As layer with an MBE-grown GaN layer which has intrinsically greater insulating properties."